顷 (qǐng): unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares, a short while, a little while ago

顷 (qǐng) is a Chinese character meaning “unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 匕 (structural) and 页 (structural). It ranks #2584 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Native pronunciation
HSK 7-9Radical: 页 page8 strokesFrequency #2584匕 structural页 structural

Definitions

  1. unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares
  2. a short while
  3. a little while ago

Stroke Order

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2
3
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8

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Words & Compounds

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
公顷gōng qǐnghectare
顷刻qǐng kèinstantly
顷刻间qǐng kè jiānin an instant
一弹指顷yī tán zhǐ qǐnga snap of the fingers (idiom)
有顷yǒu qǐngshortly thereafter
然顷rán qǐngin a short time
顷之qǐng zhīin a moment
顷者qǐng zhějust now
少顷shǎo qǐngin a short while
万顷wàn qǐnglarge landholding
市顷shì qǐngunit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares
近顷jìn qǐngrecently
顷久qǐng jiǔan instant or an eternity
食顷shí qǐnga short moment
俄顷é qǐngin a moment
15
Total compounds
33
As first character
67
As last character
0
As middle character

顷 appears in 15 compound words: 33 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 顷 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

公gōng
0.53147,154 co-occurrences
万wàn
0.4837,974 co-occurrences
农nóng
0.3921,548 co-occurrences
粮liáng
0.379384 co-occurrences
耕gēng
0.375390 co-occurrences
余yú
0.3631,194 co-occurrences
丰fēng
0.355564 co-occurrences
亩mǔ
0.354210 co-occurrences
千qiān
0.3442,004 co-occurrences
齐qí
0.342516 co-occurrences

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

顷字在不同的语境中有不同的用法。

qīng zì zài bù tóng de yǔ jìng zhōng yǒu bù tóng de yòng fǎ .

The character "顷" has different usages in different contexts.

LtnApr 2026

...好莲子价格 台南白河莲子面积增至182公顷

. . . hǎo lián zǐ jià gé tái nán bái hé lián zǐ miàn jī zēng zhì 1 8 2 gōng qǐng

Orientaldaily MyMar 2026

云冰油棕园火灾持续一周 逾240公顷土地面积仍在烧

yún bīng yóu zōng yuán huǒ zāi chí xù yī zhōu yú 2 4 0 gōng qǐng tǔ dì miàn jī réng zài shāo

LtnMar 2026

...民注意!内政部今审议通过240笔、47公顷国有耕地放领

. . . mín zhù yì ! nèi zhèng bù jīn shěn yì tōng guò 2 4 0 bǐ , 4 7 gōng qǐng guó yǒu gēng dì fàng lǐng

...Attention, citizens! The Ministry of the Interior today approved the release of 240 plots totaling 47 hectares of state-owned farmland.

Character Family

页 Radical Family — Characters sharing the page radical

顶dǐng顿dùn顾gù领lǐng顺shùn题tí须xū颜yán页xié预yù

Related Characters

页xié顺shùn须xū顾gù题tí颜yán顿dùn预yù领lǐng顶dǐng

Homophones — Characters pronounced qǐng

青qīng轻qīng倾qīng清qīng情qíng晴qíng擎qíng请qǐng庆qìng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 顷 (qǐng) mean in Chinese?
顷 (qǐng) primarily means "unit of area equal to 100 畝|亩[mu3] or 6.67 hectares." It is classified as HSK Level 7-9, making it an expert-level character. It ranks #2584 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 顷 and 长?
顷 (qǐng) and 长 (cháng) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 顷 (short) vs 长 (long).
How many strokes does 顷 have?
顷 is written with 8 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 顷?
The radical associated with 顷 is 页 (page). This radical appears in many characters related to page.
What are the components of 顷?
顷 is composed of: 匕 (structural), 页 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿰匕页 with a left-right layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 顷?
Common words with 顷 include: 公顷 (gōng qǐng, "hectare"); 顷刻 (qǐng kè, "instantly"); 顷刻间 (qǐng kè jiān, "in an instant"); 一弹指顷 (yī tán zhǐ qǐng, "a snap of the fingers (idiom)"); 有顷 (yǒu qǐng, "shortly thereafter"). There are over 15 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 顷 (qǐng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation qǐng: 青 (abbr. for 青海, Qinghai Province), 轻 (light), 倾 (to overturn), 清 (clear, pure), and 5 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 顷 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 顷 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.